Counter-rail or arm-rest bracket



E. F. SEIDE'L.

I GOUNTER RAIL OR ARM REST BRACKET. No. 281,405.

Patente d J uly l'i, 1883.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

EMIL F. SEIDEL, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI.

COUNTER-RAIL OR ARM-REST BRACKET.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 281,405, dated July 1'7, 188

Application filed November 2, 1BF2.

(No model.)

Improvements in Brackets for Counter-Rails or Arm-Rests, of which the following is a specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a perspective view of a bracket having my improvements, the rail or arm rest being shown in place. Fig. 2 is a vertical longitudinal section of the same. Figs. 3 and 4. are detached views of the rail-seat. Figs. 5, 6, and 7 are views showing a modification in construction of the bracket, being asimpler orm.

The invention relates to brackets for supporting rails forming arm-rests, and usually placed before counters and it consists in certain improvements in the construction of the same, as hereinafter shown, described, and claimed.

A designates the main portion of the bracket,

which is suitably constructed to be secured to a counter by means of a screw, S, and other screws may be applied at s. The outer extremity of the bracket is provided with a seat, a, to receive a rail or arm rest, B, which is usually held in a horizontal position in front of a bar or counter. As shown in the drawings, the seat, A is made concave or hollow to conform to the lower surface of the rail which rests therein, so that the upper surface of the rail is smooth and clear of any obstructions, as no part of the bracket encircles the rail forming-the arm-rest. The advantages of my construction are in the greater convenience of the arm-rest when'in use, in its better appearance, and the facility with which it is cleaned.

A pin, 1), projects downward from the seat a into an aperture in the bracket fitting therein, so that the seat may be readily detached from the bracket, as desired, and the seat being fastened by screws to the rail B, the latter, with the seats a attached, may be lifted from the brackets. A tap or screw-cap, c, is provided, which may be screwed on the threaded end of the pin 1), and the seat and arm-rest thus secured more firmly to the bracket, if desirable' In Figs. 5, 6, and 7 is shown a modified form of bracket, being a plain bracket provided with a fixed seat, a, at one end, the bracket having holes, (I, for screws to secure the seat to the arm-rest, and holes e, for securing the bracket to the counter, and the seat a being formed to receive the lower part of the armrest like the seat a, above referred to.

I claim as my invention 1. A bracket for a counter-rail or arm-rest having a seat formed to receive the lower part of the rail forming the armrest, substantially as and for the purpose described.

2. A counterrail bracket provided with a removable seat,'a, having a pin, b, entering an aperture in the bracket, substantially as set forth.

3. In combination with abracket, A, adapted to be secured to a counter, a rail, B, and seat, at, having pin band screw-cap c, substantially as shown and described. Y

4. In a counter-rail or arm-rest bracket, the rail-seat a, having pin 1) entering an aperture in the bracket, and the screw-cap c, substantially as shown and described.

EMIL F. SEIDEL.

\Vitnesses:

J AY L. TORREY, O. F. KRAUSHAAR. 

